Fun this valentines 😍

A video posted by Macaris Glasnevin (@macaris) on Feb 12, 2017 at 10:19am PST

It's been a while since we've tried something fun in Macari's for Valentines Day. Back in 2014 we ran a successful Valentines Dinner service which turned out to be great fun.  Our manager Stefano who coincidentally is single came up with this awesome idea, Date While You Wait. It's an opportunity for customers to have a quick date while they wait on their food. They can play some Connect 4, The Truth Game or some fun things we'll throw in over the next few days. We think it's very important to celebrate love on Valentines Day and this is the perfect opportunity to have some fun with your loved one or even with a random customer!

Check it out instore, runs through until St Valentines Night. For enquires please email hello@macaris.ie

A photo posted by Macaris Glasnevin (@macaris) on Feb 12, 2017 at 10:18am PST

New Snapcode

We've been pretty bad on Snapchat lately and are about to step it up again. Our new snap code is below. The reason we are updating it because after one of our successful snapchat video write ups we got a lot of Spam accounts following us. Its great SnapChat now gives the ability to create a new snap code.

One Of The Best Chippers In Dublin

Over the past few months we have been delighted to be featured in some of "The Best of Guides" in Dublin and Ireland. A lot of hard work goes into:

• keeping the food fresh
• Keeping the shop spotless
• & Smiling 24/7 :)

We are thankful that our effort is recognised and we will continue to do our best to provide the best possible service to our old & new customers.

The 3 blog pieces that stick out are:

• Lovin Dublin's "Top 10 Chip Shops in Dublin 2015"

• Irish Mirror's "16 chippers in Ireland you must visit before you die"

• RSVP's "Five of the best chippers in Dublin"

Check them out and let us know if you agree :)

Fabio

The Power of Snapchat

We've taken a huge liking to snapchat here in Macaris. With so many local teenagers and over 10,000 students in Dublin City University we feel SnapChat is the perfect marketing and communication tool for us. Its advantages are:

• Its "in the moment"
• Allows us to directly connect with customers
• Offer snapchat friends special offers/incentives
• Food items only available on our snapchat menu
• Run fun realtime competitions
• Behind the scenes videos
• You can snap an many times as you like a day

We love it. What we love most about it is that its not an agency posting updates, its all done in house by staff members and that gives it originality, true insight and personality. Visibility on all all snaps is well over 90% and guaranteed within 24 hours which is amazing compared to other social networks such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram. And its doesn't cost us a penny.

And very importantly it doesn't cost us a dime to reach 100% of our audience.

Returns on our Facebook posts over the past 6 months have been terrible.  The reach on our last 10 posts on our Facebook page has been less than 500 which is extremely poor, some posts only reach 100 people. With nearly 5000 fans we spend a lot of time building up this is extremely disappointing. You may say that the content is poor but i've been posting for numerous years with better interaction on both the macari's Facebook page.  Do note that these posts are not boosted with adverts Euro spend but in-reality reach has become less and less over the past year with Facebook. With this in mind we see the importance in moving forward with the latest apps that are used by teenagers or Generation Z as they are called by industry experts.

Last week we had an incident where we(I!) dropped our snapchat phone into 300 degree F oil while making an image/video of our Southern Fried Chicken. Instead of leaving it at that i thought i would follow on with the story. I signed into another phone and gave updated on the status of the phone, video of the incident from our CCTV as well as the burnt phone still working afterwards. We got a great reaction from our snapchat friends, people asking in store how the phone was and if they could see it. The next day the story appeared on joe.ie

Its also appeared on the Daily Edge website as well as The Irish Mirror.  The video now has over 10,000 views and exposure is close to our Valentines Day stunt where we turned our takeaway into a restaurant for the night. 

Other fun things we have done so far with Snapchat is have a secret menu for our friends, this menu until today was only visible on snapchat. We have a #5before5 deal everyday which i lent from John Downey who runs a great snapchat account for his Cork based Asian street food restaurants Ramen ( SnapChat username ramenlovesyou).

Macaris Secret SnapChat menu

Behind the scenes snapchat videos that we have done are "The life of a Potato" & "The Macaris Oreo Milkshake" which can be seen below.

More videos can be seen on our youtube channel .

Simple things like stickers are also a great marketing tool and combine them with your snapchat logo and you've got a winner. (Snapchat now allows you to download a hi-res image with a QR code(called snapcode) that allows people to easily add you by taking a photo of the snapcode with your snapchat camera, log into your snapchat account here to download your Snapcode)

Macaris SnapChat Stickers

Overall we are delighted with Snapchat and look forward to adding stories daily as well as interacting more with our fanbase. Its very exciting.

If you've any questions drop me a mail at hello@macaris.ie or follow us on snapchat by adding Macaris1 or pointing your snapchat camera to our snapcode below.

Thanks to Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel for not selling out to Facebook!!

Fabio (@fabmol)

Pulled Pork Burger Has Arrived in Town

Our new pulled pork burger has arrived. It comes with red cabbage, mini onions rings and BBQ sauce. The pork is sourced from an Irish company in Dundalk and is extremely tasty. Its available to order instore at 4 St Pappins Road, Glasnevin, by calling us on 018375714 or online at Macaris.ie. 

Coming very soon is a pulled pork kebab and wrap, its not on the menu yet but just ask if you'd like one. Also due to launch in the next few days is a Macaris Meat Box, stay tuned.

Fabio

Help us create the ultimate burger

We need your help.

Help us build the ultimate Pulled Pork Burger.

What ingredients do you think we should put on it? We will make our favourites, take photos of them and upload them to our Facebook page. The burger with the highest votes will then be the winner

The winning entry will get 5 Pulled Pork burger meals for them and their friends.

Help us now by clicking this link 

Extended Home Delivery Hours

Improved Home Delivery Times

Due to customer feedback we have extended our home delivery schedule. We now deliver from 12pm on Saturdays and from 4pm every other day. Deliveries finish at midnight every night.

We hope you find this useful and if you have any other suggestions feel free to get in contact.

Regards
Denisa

Macaris Milkshakes

Have you tried our Milkshakes?? What are you waiting on!?

Choose from

• Strawberry
• Oreo
• Mint
• Chocolate
• Vanilla
• Raspberry (Home -made)

Order online at macaris.ie and we'll deliver straight to your door

We deliver to

• Glasnevin
• Ballymun
• Santry
• Whitehall
• Finglas
• Beaumount
• DCU Campus

We are a family owned takeaway serving fresh food to the local community for 25 years.

Successful Valentines Night in Macaris

What started out as a fun idea turned into a great night. We got tons of emails looking to reserve a table for the night but unfortunately we could not close the whole takeaway and could only cater for 3 couples. The 3 lucky winners we picked were Anna, Lizzie and Robert. We put a lot of effort into the night and it was great to see our guests enjoy themselves. Fm104's Chris Barry and Crosse rang in for a live chat with with us and our guests. They were plenty of onlookers taking photos from outside and all the customers saw the fun side of it and some looking to book a table for tomorrow night!! The night gave us  a good feel of the difference between fast food and a restaurant. Its definitely a tough business to be in. At times there were scenes from a Gordon Ramsey show in the kitchen! 

Check out our menu

Starter

Beef arrabiata meatballs with fresh basil and mozzarella

Warm goats cheese salad

Bruschetta with tomatoes & basil

Main Course

Lightly battered fillet of fresh cod

Fillet steak marinated in balsamic vinegar and red wine

Baked Irish salmon with steamed asparagus

All mains come with a selection of vegetables and chunky chips

Dessert

Lush chocolate flake cheesecake 

Affogato (Vanilla ice-cream with espresso on top)

Post by Macari's Take Away.

Post by Macari's Take Away.

Free Chips Day is back

FREE Chips day is back tomorrow for @DublinCityUni students 12pm-3pm #FREECHIPSDCU RETWEET pic.twitter.com/4Pq679Dwdq

— Macari's Glasnevin (@macaris) February 11, 2014

Free Chips day is back for DCU Students. On Wednesday 12th February from 12pm - 3pm we will be offering DCU Students Free Chips. Many other items will be priced at €1. 

All we ask you to do is follow our Facebook or twitter page

• Macaris Facebook
• Macaris Twitter 

Terms

• Each students is entitled to 1 free portion of chips.
• Student ID may be asked for
• Runs strictly from 12pm - 3pm

Book a Romantic Evening in Macaris

With restaurant business on the up you may find it difficult to reserve a table for your loved one this Valentines day in your favourite restaurant. Macaris to the rescue. We are putting together our 25 years of experience of friendly service & fresh food. Mama will be preparing some of her best kept Italian recipes, wines will be from our family vineyard from the hills of Rome and music will be provided by Italian legend Toto Cotugno. Don't miss out on this magical evening.

Spaces are limited, email ValentinesDay@macaris.ie for more info. 

Follow Us

Free Bottle of Vinegar

Get onto our Facebook page and get your Free Bottle of Vinegar while stocks last

Post by Macari's Take Away.

The Daily Edge

Our Hot-dog or legs photo made it onto The Journal's DailyEdge!! Click here to go to the report.

Show us your hot-dog or legs photos!!

Happy National Potato Day

Happy National Potato Day !!

Here are some facts about Potatoes courtesy of Bord Bia

• In total 245,000 tonnes of potatoes were produced in Ireland last year. That equal to the weight of a large cruise liner.
• There are 535 potato growers in Ireland with over five hectares of land.
• The household purchase penetration of potatoes is 97 per cent
• The retail value for potato sales last year is valued at €165 million.
• Meath, Dublin, Wexford, Louth, Donegal and Cork are the largest potato growing counties in Ireland
• The farm gate value of the potato sector was estimated at €122m for the 2012-2013 season
• There is more Vitamin C in a potato than an orange.

We love Spuds are Macaris :) 

History Lesson

Read up on a small bit of history on Macaris Glasnevin and some info on our suppliers

Post by Macari's Take Away.

Random FREE Chips Giveaway

We decided to try something different today and offer FREE CHIPS for an hour today.

From 2.30pm until 3.30pm we will be giving out free chips to customers, new and old. 

Feel free to drop in, there may be a small queue.

It'll run strictly for 1 hour and its 1 portion of chips per person.  

It applies to Macaris on St Pappins Road, Glasnevin only.

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Macari's Fantasy Football

We have just set up our 1st Official Macaris Glasnevin Fantasy Premier league for our customers

€'s worth of prizes to be won - New years leader & plenty of food vouchers to be won during the campaign

Get your team in :)

Fabio

Link to our league

Delivery Drivers Needed

We are on the lookout for new delivery drivers. 

To get more info please send us a message on our facebook page 

Check out the video below